The "controversial opinions" thread!

- It's impossible to have a thread without discussion, this is the main objective use of a forum.
 
- virtually every politician has an underlying craving for power and corruption that effectively alienates them from the average voter. When they surround themselves among each other constantly it makes them even weirder and thus creates a stereotypical character for them to live up to, to be taken seriously. I for one could never see myself being friends with any politician I've ever seen on telly (can't really recall meeting any in person), which in turn makes me less inclined to vote for them. Also by trying to concentrate on the whole public as one means they never really understand anyone they are making decisions for.

- There's Something About Mary is one of the best comedy films ever made on a mainstream level. I also hold the first 2 austin powers movies, dumb and dumber and meet the parents in high regard.

- Series 3-9 of the simpsons is as close to tv comedy perfection as can ever be achieved. The decline of simpsons is more than depressing, and the film should never have existed.

- British comedy is extremely poor at the moment, with the STRONG exception of Peep Show and the inbetweeners.

- James Corden is a cunt. thinks he is way funnier than he is, and i dont appreciate him shoving himself down my throat. Ricky gervais is very close in my estimations, although the office (UK) is one of the greatest things ever to grace my life and for that he regains some credit. I just wish he didnt find himself so hilarious.

- education and intelligence are 2 seperate things and the 2 get confused WAY more often than they should.

- I have a strong dislike for Harry Redknapp for his corrupt ways through life. Despite his son Jamie coming across as a likeable chap, I find him similarly untrustworthy and dislike him muchly. Louise Redknapp, while hot, comes across as very dimwitted and gains my dislike for being associated with those other 2 clowns.

- describing people, including myself, as clowns is great and should be encouraged more.
 
Öwen;9178283 said:
More a personal thing than a broad statement, thats the way I feel about them after I've played, I always resent the time (I feel) I've wasted (and the false sense of achievement/completion of some menial button bashing task) when that could have gone into something halfway productive. To an extent this forum gives me the same feeling for the time I spend on it (altogether too often). "Passed time" is not something I'd want to put on my tombstone.

Um , do you sleep, because that is something your brain also needs that you cannot do without and passes time. Do you ever fuck your girlfriend? You can't tell me that EVERYTHING you do all day is 100% productive. But those things we do for fun relieve stress , ease our minds , and help us re-focus our efforts when we do go about doing something productive again. I could work on something for 24 hours straight if I tried , but I would go insane and get way less done than if I took breaks to let my brain rest
 
Steady on sir, lets not get important biological imperatives mixed up with such menial things as playing computer games.
 
Sleeping, and sex are 2 very productive things that a human being needs to be efficient in other day to day tasks.....everything passes time...wether it be benificial to something or not is what matters.
 
Equality is a naive concept:

being a man or a woman isn't just genitals
being black or white doesn't just affect the colour of skin
being gay or straight isn't just about a sexual preference
etc....

People ARE different, and any meaningful movement towards a fairer society needs to realise this.

disclaimer: I'm saying that groups differ ***on average***. Obviously there are plenty of gay people who only really differ from the straight population in sexual preference blah blah blah blah blah




Lack of self-awareness, objective introspection, self-discipline and self-control are the greatest social diseases of the western world. Almost all others stem from these
 
1. Weed should be legalized so that more people get stoned and spend less time caring about useless shit.

Sorry, but when I was a pot-head (I'm talking high every single day type pot-head) all I did was get stoned and spent time caring about useless shit.

And hence my controversial opinion - On the whole, I reckon weed has done nothing good for Western society. It has robbed us of our will to work and create, and turned us all into stoned Youtube addicts looking for the next funny video.
 
And no I'm not 100% efficient, but I'd like to make as much use of my time as possible because I'm aware that its not an infinite allocation.
 
Um , do you sleep, because that is something your brain also needs that you cannot do without and passes time. Do you ever fuck your girlfriend? You can't tell me that EVERYTHING you do all day is 100% productive. But those things we do for fun relieve stress , ease our minds , and help us re-focus our efforts when we do go about doing something productive again. I could work on something for 24 hours straight if I tried , but I would go insane and get way less done than if I took breaks to let my brain rest

The fact that things relieve stress or ease our minds inherently makes them productive. So yes... I can easily believe you, him, or I, could spend a day being 100% productive.

Shit... we're productive until we die. And even then we're productive, as we rot and feed the ground around us.
 
Sorry, but when I was a pot-head (I'm talking high every single day type pot-head) all I did was get stoned and spent time caring about useless shit.

And hence my controversial opinion - On the whole, I reckon weed has done nothing good for Western society. It has robbed us of our will to work and create, and turned us all into stoned Youtube addicts looking for the next funny video.

There will always be those few that think that exact same way, for me though the majority of stoners i've come across always have a bad case of the "fuckits"